"... On Aug 7, 10:30 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> One person's idiocy is another person's epiphany. See Mullah Nasruddin, and > the Sufi riddles for more on that. Your lack of appreciation of the idea, or > the delivery method of the idea, does not justify your characterization of > any poster as idiotic or lamebrained. I don't know what to say to make this > any more clear. Okay, then. The idea and how it was presented ... well actually it was difficult to detect an idea which made the presentation seem all smoke and mirrors. My complaint is that neither these "ideas" nor their presentation seem to be very productive of anything anyone appreciates as worthwhile and a lot of the time they get in the way of what otherwise might be the sort of discussion many of us have come to enjoy here. > 2. You have no idea who Tinker is IRL. You only address the character Tinker > on the list. Your personal characterizations, then, are utterly baseless, > beyond what YOU perceive based on a series of debates in which you are > opposing parties. Again, this is a failure in YOUR position. Tinker could > very well be a PhD in Socio. Anth. writing a paper on the nature of > religions, and how little it takes to start one. He could have a 190 IQ, a > $250K tenured position at an Ivy League Uni, a smoking hot wife and two kids > who love him dearly. The NYT just raved that his last novel was "dynamic, > brilliant...the clearest insight into the human condition in the last 100 > years..." None of us have any idea who any of us are on here. We are all virtual characters to each other. Fortunately this does not prevent an exchange of ideas. However, if Tinker were sporting the credentials you proffer, I think I'd be able to detect a few of them. > ...and here you come calling him a lamebrained idiot. Who's wrong? I'm sorry. I meant to say the ideas and presentation were lamebrained and idiotic. > Ad Hom's are for those who are incapable of formulating a real position, > rebuttal, statement. They are a sign of weakness in intellect and > understanding, above and beyond being uncivil and rude. Every so often, Chris, a little brutality is good for the soul. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
